"Rolls-Royce did not say how the vehicle would be powered or how much it costs, but it did say it's due to hit the streets in the 2040s."
1) It'll cost more than any mere mortal could possibly afford, and
2) It'l never see the light of day. A 25-year lead time on ANYTHING means it'll never be built and and never come to fruition. FFS, Hoover Dam, the Moon landing, and the Manhattan Project combined didn't take 25 years.
3) Rolls-Royce is just jerking us off with this bullshit. They might have just as well announced that they're planning a Start Trek-style transporter beam with built-in blowjobs.
I'm not leaving, I like it this way. Having the government monitoring everything everywhere all the time makes me feel safe, super-duper safe! No bad thoughts, no bad thoughts...only happy-happy think pictures!
America is a democracy, it's jails are exactly how its citizens want them to be.
No. It's jails are how some of its citizens want them to be. Personally I'd be happier if jails/prisons provided more opportunity for actual rehabilitation and education and were more humane. But I can want that and still hope that Sanford Wallace gets his spammy little ass kicked.
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And any political aide going through Slashdot to sum up focus group attitudes now knows how to get your vote.
Lol, that's so stupid on so many levels, I hardly know where to begin. I doubt many political aides (if an) troll slashdot trying to figure out how to appeal to the masses based on throw-away comments like mine. If they are, they're even dumber than I imagine them to be.
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Universal suffrage means "some guy like me" wears a crown on his head, a small crown but a crown nonetheless.
No, there is no crown on my head, big or small, real or virtual. No politician or lawmaker could possibly care less about what I think or what my opinions are. We both know that nothing I say means jack shit to them, so stop claiming that it does.
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Stop pretending you aren't at fault for your servants the politicians trying their level best to fulfil your publicly expressed fantasies. You have power, and you wield it every time you open your mouth.
No, I'm not at fault regardless of how wildly you swing your blamethrower around. Sorry to burst your bubble, buddy, but no politician or anyone with any political or social power gives a flying fuck what I want or how I think things ought to be, and certainly not based on my ramblings on slashdot. If you really believe that then you need to up your meds.
The Amish seem to do just fine, and I doubt they are on anyone's watch list.
Sure, if you like living in the 17th century.
And I wouldn't count on them not being on some sort of watch list- the Amish are "different", somewhat self-sufficient, insular, and oppose the government on basic principles. Those two of those things make you a "threat" in a lot of agencies eyes.
Am I the only one who isn't surprised in the slightest by this?
Of course the FBI/CIA/NSA or whoever will use every possible tool at their disposal. The question of legality doesn't enter into the equation for these people, it's not even a concern unless they think they might be caught. Otherwise it's "damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."
Seriously, if any of you still harbor the childishly naive belief that the nation's law enforcement agencies are constrained by the law in any way, shape, or form, please contact me as I have a lovely bridge in Brooklyn that I'll sell dirt cheap.
Face facts:
- Your privacy is gone. - Your personal information is for sale to the highest bidder. - Your rights only matter if they don't get in the way of "fighting terrorism" or "upholding the law" or "protecting the children" or whatever the slogan of the week is. - If you have money or connections you can get away with damn near anything, otherwise expect to be fucked, and fucked hard. (Those prisons aren't going to fill themselves!)
Oh sure, you may win some small battles, but that's penny ante stuff. If you get in the way of anyone or anything with moneyed interests, consider yourself squashed, because you will be.
"Peter Winn [assistant U.S. attorney in Seattle] wrote to Judge Jones that the location information about the disguised surveillance cams should be withheld because the public might think they are an 'invasion of privacy.'"
Really? Why would anyone think a camera deployed to target you and pointed specifically at your home or place of business would be an "invasion of privacy"? Golly gee, I can't imagine...
Will they also implant tiny video screens and cameras in our eyes so we can't avoid the latest update on Cynthia's McDonald's breakfast or the awesome deal that Biff just got on his new pair of Nike Extreme Radical Ranger Jumpmaster(tm) tennis shoes? And will the implanted circuitry be free?
And Trent Reznor's music was built on musical notes discovered by other people centuries ago, which he's just reusing without attribution- sue that freeloader!
Just kidding, but Trent Reznor go just fuck right off. No one forces anyone to upload content to Youtube, and has a shitload of content scanners to try and keep copyrighted material off their network. If you doubt me, just try and upload an episode of nearly any broadcast TV series or a movie and see how fast it gets flagged and bagged.
Last time I checked, which was months ago, it was nearly impossible to mine Bitcoins without specialized hardware. Are they hacking ASICs or what?
I'm guessing that perhaps the idea is assemble a botnet from the compromised machines in order to mine bitcoins night and day. Since the electricity and hardware cost you nothing it might be a viable (economical) way to make bitcoins. 70,000 servers might be enough to pop out a coin from time to time.
I care so little about this stuff that I made a post to comment on it, lol.:)
Seriously, all this television-psychosis and social media masturbation seems so alien to me and so far removed from my life that it's kind of sobering to see how much other people care about it. And if that's your thing, have at it, more power to ya. It just shows me how my interests differ so widely from the general population, I guess. I'm not against it, I just feel like an outsider observing a foreign culture with weird, unfamiliar rituals and ceremonies.
Seriously, why is this on the front page and items like Hilary's use of a private server to order assassinations in another nation is no where to be found?
Because no one wants critically important breaking news about another fucking music streaming site to be overshadowed by some little story about a presidential candidate being involved in killing people across international borders.
Hillary has been declared the Anointed One by the media and the Powers That Be, and all of us little people should just suck it up and put on our Happy Face(tm).
Slashdot Mirror
"While the Intel Management Engine is proprietary and Intel does not share the source code, it is very secure."
Well alrighty then, I feel so much better now. Because when a technology company says something is "very secure", you can take that to the bank!
"Rolls-Royce did not say how the vehicle would be powered or how much it costs, but it did say it's due to hit the streets in the 2040s."
1) It'll cost more than any mere mortal could possibly afford, and
2) It'l never see the light of day. A 25-year lead time on ANYTHING means it'll never be built and and never come to fruition. FFS, Hoover Dam, the Moon landing, and the Manhattan Project combined didn't take 25 years.
3) Rolls-Royce is just jerking us off with this bullshit. They might have just as well announced that they're planning a Start Trek-style transporter beam with built-in blowjobs.
Oh advertisers, is there anything you won't rub your greasy little dicks on in the hope of getting a few more dollars?
So you are in favor of extrajudicial punishment if you are suitably inconvenienced by the person in question?
In the case of Sanford Wallace, hell yes.
Google's new motto: "Don't get caught"
Lol, like I would trust MS with this information if I was a grower.
DEA: Who's growing pot that we can harass?
Microsoft: Click this button for a state-by-state report.
This begs the question... How many store-branded reward cards do you have in your wallet?
One, but it doesn't have any of my real information associated with it.
So, when are you leaving?
I'm not leaving, I like it this way. Having the government monitoring everything everywhere all the time makes me feel safe, super-duper safe! No bad thoughts, no bad thoughts...only happy-happy think pictures!
America is a democracy, it's jails are exactly how its citizens want them to be.
No. It's jails are how some of its citizens want them to be. Personally I'd be happier if jails/prisons provided more opportunity for actual rehabilitation and education and were more humane. But I can want that and still hope that Sanford Wallace gets his spammy little ass kicked.
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And any political aide going through Slashdot to sum up focus group attitudes now knows how to get your vote.
Lol, that's so stupid on so many levels, I hardly know where to begin. I doubt many political aides (if an) troll slashdot trying to figure out how to appeal to the masses based on throw-away comments like mine. If they are, they're even dumber than I imagine them to be.
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Universal suffrage means "some guy like me" wears a crown on his head, a small crown but a crown nonetheless.
No, there is no crown on my head, big or small, real or virtual. No politician or lawmaker could possibly care less about what I think or what my opinions are. We both know that nothing I say means jack shit to them, so stop claiming that it does.
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Stop pretending you aren't at fault for your servants the politicians trying their level best to fulfil your publicly expressed fantasies. You have power, and you wield it every time you open your mouth.
No, I'm not at fault regardless of how wildly you swing your blamethrower around. Sorry to burst your bubble, buddy, but no politician or anyone with any political or social power gives a flying fuck what I want or how I think things ought to be, and certainly not based on my ramblings on slashdot. If you really believe that then you need to up your meds.
Just microchip us all at birth and be done with it.
The Amish seem to do just fine, and I doubt they are on anyone's watch list.
Sure, if you like living in the 17th century.
And I wouldn't count on them not being on some sort of watch list- the Amish are "different", somewhat self-sufficient, insular, and oppose the government on basic principles. Those two of those things make you a "threat" in a lot of agencies eyes.
Am I the only one who isn't surprised in the slightest by this?
Of course the FBI/CIA/NSA or whoever will use every possible tool at their disposal. The question of legality doesn't enter into the equation for these people, it's not even a concern unless they think they might be caught. Otherwise it's "damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."
Seriously, if any of you still harbor the childishly naive belief that the nation's law enforcement agencies are constrained by the law in any way, shape, or form, please contact me as I have a lovely bridge in Brooklyn that I'll sell dirt cheap.
Face facts:
- Your privacy is gone.
- Your personal information is for sale to the highest bidder.
- Your rights only matter if they don't get in the way of "fighting terrorism" or "upholding the law" or "protecting the children" or whatever the slogan of the week is.
- If you have money or connections you can get away with damn near anything, otherwise expect to be fucked, and fucked hard. (Those prisons aren't going to fill themselves!)
Oh sure, you may win some small battles, but that's penny ante stuff. If you get in the way of anyone or anything with moneyed interests, consider yourself squashed, because you will be.
"...drinking coffee, tea and other beverages at temperatures hotter than 149 degrees Fahrenheit may lead to cancer of the esophagus."
That's why I always cool my coffee to 148 degrees before drinking it. Ha ha, suck it, cancer!!
Comments like this cause me to despise humanity. This kind of attitude is one of the reasons that American jails are so bad.
Oh please, American jails are bad because they're bad, not because some guy like me fantasizes about Spamford Wallace getting his ass kicked.
"Peter Winn [assistant U.S. attorney in Seattle] wrote to Judge Jones that the location information about the disguised surveillance cams should be withheld because the public might think they are an 'invasion of privacy.'"
Really? Why would anyone think a camera deployed to target you and pointed specifically at your home or place of business would be an "invasion of privacy"? Golly gee, I can't imagine...
Sounds like it's time for a new website: fbi-camera-directory.com
Let's hope it involves daily beat-downs and extended stays in the prison infirmary.
Have you seen the staggering amount of YouTube DIY Videos, that lasts for more than 10 minutes, but could be summarised in a paragraph of text?
That would be nearly all of them, or enough of them so as to make the other ones statistically insignificant.
They used to say that "all programs evolve until they can send email."
I propose a corollary: "All web services evolve until they turn into shit-laden advertising platforms and become annoying and irrelevant."
Will they also implant tiny video screens and cameras in our eyes so we can't avoid the latest update on Cynthia's McDonald's breakfast or the awesome deal that Biff just got on his new pair of Nike Extreme Radical Ranger Jumpmaster(tm) tennis shoes? And will the implanted circuitry be free?
Here, I broke your crutches so you can focus on your leg recovering. =P
Lol, well said. :)
And Trent Reznor's music was built on musical notes discovered by other people centuries ago, which he's just reusing without attribution- sue that freeloader!
Just kidding, but Trent Reznor go just fuck right off. No one forces anyone to upload content to Youtube, and has a shitload of content scanners to try and keep copyrighted material off their network. If you doubt me, just try and upload an episode of nearly any broadcast TV series or a movie and see how fast it gets flagged and bagged.
Last time I checked, which was months ago, it was nearly impossible to mine Bitcoins without specialized hardware. Are they hacking ASICs or what?
I'm guessing that perhaps the idea is assemble a botnet from the compromised machines in order to mine bitcoins night and day. Since the electricity and hardware cost you nothing it might be a viable (economical) way to make bitcoins. 70,000 servers might be enough to pop out a coin from time to time.
I care so little about this stuff that I made a post to comment on it, lol. :)
Seriously, all this television-psychosis and social media masturbation seems so alien to me and so far removed from my life that it's kind of sobering to see how much other people care about it. And if that's your thing, have at it, more power to ya. It just shows me how my interests differ so widely from the general population, I guess. I'm not against it, I just feel like an outsider observing a foreign culture with weird, unfamiliar rituals and ceremonies.
Anyway, carry on, and enjoy.
Seriously, why is this on the front page and items like Hilary's use of a private server to order assassinations in another nation is no where to be found?
Because no one wants critically important breaking news about another fucking music streaming site to be overshadowed by some little story about a presidential candidate being involved in killing people across international borders.
Hillary has been declared the Anointed One by the media and the Powers That Be, and all of us little people should just suck it up and put on our Happy Face(tm).